Prayer Of Abandonment

I first learned of this prayer through my brothers at the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in Haiti.  A dear friend, Maya Luckner Fond Rose, who I hope for you all to meet one day, prayed this prayer as he ‘grew up’ at St. Joe’s.  A former child slave found his ‘new life’ in Christ through loving relationships and passionate faith.  The lost was found.  The throw a way was restored.  God spoke into his life and into ours.  We come to find our deepest longings and very soul in God’s hands.  

Father,

I abandon myself into your hands;

Do with me what you will.

Whatever you may do, I thank you:

I am ready for all, I accept all.

Let only your will be done in me,

And in all your creatures.

I wish no more than this, O Lord.  

Into your hands I commend my soul.

I offer it to you,

With all the love of my heart,

For I love you Lord,

And so need to give myself,

To surrender myself into your hands,

Without reserve,

And with boundless confidence,

For you are my Father.

Amen.  

Charles de Foucalde